Blade receptacle



June 27, 1933. uos 1,915,834

BLADE RECEPTACLE 7 Filed July 20, 1932 INVENTOR.

JOSEPH M01? as /.:TT NEY.

- holding sharp edged Patented June 27, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH MUROS, OF BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE BLADE BEGEPTAGLE Application filed July 20, 1932. Serial No. 623,564.

This invention relates to receptacles for blades for purposes of sale and distribution, or for purposes of convenience to the user. My invention is herein shown as embodied in a receptacle for safety razor blades and this constitutes one important field of use. The rece tacle of my invention is designed to hold sa ety razor blades horizontally disposed one above another in a stack securely and Without danger of misplacing the individual blades and, at the same time, to maintain the cuttlng edges of the blades out of contact with the walls of the receptacle while the blades are contained therein or while they are being withdrawn therefrom for use. An important feature of the invention consists in a receptacle of the class described having bladesupporting means so designed that the stack may be tilted by pressure on one end thereof to present the uppermost blade in convenient position for removal by the user.

My invention further contemplates the provision of a receptacle es ecially adapted to the handling of double-e ged safety razor blades having recessed corners or otherwise soshaped that the cutting edges thereof are of less length than the body of the blade. Tothis end, an important feature of the invention consists in a receptacle having side walls and a bottom portion with upstanding posts therein located so asto register w1th corner recesses or other unsharpened cutaway portions or edge faces of the blades and to maintain them in stack formation and out of contact with the side walls of the. receptacle.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood and appreciated from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of the closed receptacle Fig- 2 is a plan view of one form of safety razor blade adapted to be contained in the receptacle;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the bottom part of the receptacle;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view on the line I 5-5 of Fig. 4 and on an enlarged scale.

The receptacle is formed of sheet material, preferably thin sheet metal, which may be formed by punching and die-bending into the requisite shape, although it is within the scope of my invention to utilize plastic material which may be moulded into shape.

The lower member of the receptacle herein shown is of rectangular shape and of somewhat larger dimensions than the blades which it is designed to contain. It comprises a flat bottom 10 having upstanding side and end walls 11 and is preferably of such construction that the entire member may be formed by a single die-bending or drawing operation upon thin sheet metal. The bottom 10 is provided with a pair of longitudinallyextending parallel ribs 13. The ribs are spaced from each other and from the side walls of the receptacle and terminate in rounded ends at a substantial distance within the end Walls thereof. They are, however, of sufiicient length to support firmly a stack of razor blades in a stable condition without tendency to displacement.

The bottom 10 is provided also with two pair of upstanding posts in the form of tongues 12 which are punched from the bottom 10 of the receptacle and then bent into upright position. The tongues 12 are located in pairs opposite to each other and in substantial alignment with and beyond ends of the ribs 13 already mentioned. In height,

they correspond substantially to the height of tudinally off the an elongated slot or aperture 17, provided with enlargements, and adapted to fit corresponding ribs or projections in the cap or guard of the razor in which it is to be used and to be accurately located thereby for shaving.

As shown in Fig. 4. the ribs 13 in the bottom of the receptacle underlie the blades 15 when the latter are placed in the receptacle and support the blades along lines adjacent to and within the cutting edges thereof. The posts 12 are so located as to register with the reentrant recesses 16 of the blades and hold them securely against transverse or longitudinal displacement by engaging the unsharpened edge faces of the recesses. At the same time, the spacing of the tongues is such as to permit clearance for the free removal of the blades without cramping when the latter are displaced angularly as a stack,

or as single blades.

The upper member or cover of the recepta cle is flanged to fit snugly the walls 11 of the lower member and to constitute therewith a substantially air-tight closure.

The receptacle herein shown is designed to contain a stack of ten blades, as that shown in Fig. 5. The blades may be packaged and distributed in the receptacle, the latter being hermetically sealed in a moisture and vapor-proof wrapper for that purpose, and are thus maintained in good condition for an indefinite period and without danger of rusting, or of being in any way dulled or injured even While subjected to rough usage in handling or shipping. Further, the receptacle may be utilized conveniently by the user who may withdraw sharpened blades from time to time as required for shaving. This may be effected by depressing one end of the stack of blades at a point beyond the ends of the ribs 13. When this is done, the entire stack, as a unit, will be rocked or tilted about the ends of the ribs 13 as a fulcrum and the uppermost blade may then be slipped longistack and overthe ends of the tongues 12. Upon releasing pressure upon the stack, it immediately reassumes its normal position within the receptacle and without in any way bringing the sharpened edges of the blades into contact with the walls of the receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A receptacle for holding sharp double edged blades having reentrant unsharpened corner recesses, said receptacle having a bottom for supporting a stack of blades, side walls, and upstanding posts spaced from each other and from said side walls and so located as to register with said corner recesses and maintain the edges of the blades in the stack out of contact with the walls of the receptacle.

2. A receptacle for holding sharp double edged blades having unsharpened recesses in their contour, said receptacle having side walls and a bottom portion with upstanding posts therein located in pairs spaced from each other and from said side Walls and located so as to register with exterior edges of the recesses of the blades and to maintain them in a stack out of contact with the side walls of the receptacle.

3. A receptacle for holding sharp edged blades, having a bottom and side walls, means within the receptacle for maintaining the blades out of contact with the walls of the receptacle, and means associated with said bottom for supporting the blades in a stack with its ends spaced from the bottom, Whereby the stack may be tilted by pressure on one end to present the uppermost blade for removal.

4. A sheet metal receptacle for holding sharp edged blades, having a bottom with spaced ribs terminating short of each end thereof, and upstanding posts spaced from either end of said ribs for engaging the lateral edges of blades supported within the receptacle upon said ribs.

5. A receptacle for holding double-edged safety razor blades having central elongated unsharpened end portions defined by reentrant recesses at each corner, said receptacle including in its construction a bottom and side walls, together with means for engaging a stack of blades at points upon opposite sides of the unsharpened end portions of the blades and maintaining the sharpened edges of the blades in the stack out of contact with the side walls of the receptacle.

6. A receptacle for holding safety razor blades having elongated unsharpened end portions, and including in its construction a bottom and side walls, together with ribs in the bottom arranged to support a stack of blades in the receptacle and terminating short of the unsharpened end portions therein, and upstanding posts for engaging said unsharpened portions and maintaining the stack of blades in position upon said ribs.

In a receptacle for holding safety razor blades having longitudinally disposed unsharpened exterior edges separate from the sharpened edges of the blades, a bottom having side walls, posts spaced from the side walls and so located as to engage the unsharpened exterior edges of the blades when disposed in a stack within the receptacle, and a support upon which the stack may be tilted to bring one end of the uppermost blade above the posts for removing the blade:

JOSEPH MUROS. 

